About the Authors

Joan A. Phelan

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Radiology and Medicine, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America

William R. Abrams

william.abrams@nyu.edu

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences and Craniofacial Biology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America

Robert G. Norman

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America

Yihong Li

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences and Craniofacial Biology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America

Maura Laverty

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

Patricia M. Corby

Affiliation Bluestone Center for Clinical Research, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America

Jason Nembhard

Affiliation Bluestone Center for Clinical Research, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America

Dinah Neri

Affiliation Bluestone Center for Clinical Research, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America

Cheryl A. Barber

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences and Craniofacial Biology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America

Judith A. Aberg

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

Gene S. Fisch

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America

Michael A. Poles

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Daniel Malamud

Affiliations Department of Basic Sciences and Craniofacial Biology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAP WRA YL JAA DM PC. Performed the experiments: CAB MAP JN DN ML PC JAP. Analyzed the data: GSF RGN YL WRA DM. Wrote the paper: JAP WRA YL PC RGN GSF.